Name: Shrewsbury Biscuits Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 8 oz Flour; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1/2 cup Butter; 1/2 teaspoon Caraway; 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg; 2 teaspoons Rose Water; 1 Egg

Shrewsbury Biscuits Recipe

Classic English cookies.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 20 mins

Cooking Temperature 190 C / 375 F / Gas Mark 5

Course Desserts and Sweets

Ingredients

8 oz Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
½ cup Sugar
½ cup Butter
½ teaspoon Caraway
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
2 teaspoons Rose Water
1 Egg

Instructions

Start heating your oven to 190 C / 375 F / Gas Mark 5.
Grease a cookie sheet.
Mix all dry ingredients, then rub or cut the butter in. In a cup, mix the egg and rose water together, then stir that into the dry ingredients.
Roll out on a floured surface to about 1 foot x 1 foot (30 cm sq.) Cut into shapes (squares are fine) and place spaced out on cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes.

Notes

You can add a handful of currants if you wish.

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